Railroad-tie.



W. G. MOWETHY.

RAILROAD TIE.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 31. 1908.

935,679. Patented. Oct.5, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @EFTCE WILLIAM C. MCWETHY, OF ASI-ITON, ILLINOIS,ASSIGNOR OF 0l l'E -I-IAI.J:` TO CHARLES E. McWETI-IY, OF DIXON,ILLINOIS.

EAILROAD-TIE.

Io all 'who'm it may concern:

Be it known that I, TVILLIAM C. Mo- W'ETI-IY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Ashton, in the county of Lee and State of Illinois,have invented new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Ties, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to rail ties, and one of the principal objects ofthe same is to provide a concrete rail tie having metallic rail chairssecured thereto, said rail chairs being adjustable toward or away fromeach other to con'orm to the gracle of the road, and means beingprovided for setting and holding a rail in position in said chairs.

Another Object of the invention is to provide a concrete 'ail tie andsimple and efiicient means for readily securing the rails theretowithout requiring the services of skilled mechanics at any time and tobe quick and easy to assemble.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:-

Figure l is a top plan view of a rail tie and showing a pair of railssecured thereto, the construction and arrangement being in accordancewith my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the tie andshowing the rail chair partially in section and the rails secureclthereto, the latter being in section. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectionalview of the tie and chair secured thereto.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral l designates the tie which ispreferably for-med of concrete or other moldable material such as clay,mixed with cement. As shown, the tie has a flat upper face, while thelower portion of the tie has inclined sides 2 and a comparatively narrowbottom 3. The result of the structure is that the ballast may be packedaround the tie to hold it firmly in place in the road bed. Secured tothe top or face of the tie are the rail chairs 4, each comprising aplate the opposite ends of which have converging sides 5 and a recess (3extending centrally across the plate and forming a seat or chair for thebase flange 7 of the rail.

Speeficaton of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 31, 1908'.

Patented Oct. 5, 1909.

Serial No. 446,292.

The rail chairs 4 are held in adjusted positions upon the tie l by meansof yokes or stirrups 8 which extend around the tie and having their endsthreaded as at 9 for the nuts 10, said threaded ends passing throughmetal keepers 11 which fit over the ends of the rail chairs and areprovided with a bridge portion 12 which spans the rail chairs andconforms in contour to the inclined sides 5 thereof. These yokes may beadjusted at any place on the tie to conform to the required gage of theroad and can be readily secured in place by means of the nuts 10. Therails are secured in the chair seats 6 by means of suitable bolts 13which fit in threaded holes extending through the rail chairs at pointsadjacent to the opposite sides of the base flange of the rail, saidbolts being provided with suitable washers or integral disks 14: whichengage the top of the base flange 7 of the rail and hold the latterfirmly in place in the seat. The heads 15 of the bolts 13 are square forthe application of a wrench.

F rom the foregoing, it will be Obvious that my rail tie and railsecuring devce are of simple construction, are particularly durable, canbe quickly assembled and placed in position for use without skilledlabor, that the rails are firmly connected to the ties in the manner toprevent either sinking, spreading or displacement.

I claim:-

A Concrete rail tie having a flat upper surface, rail chairs secured tosaid tie by means of stirrups passing around the tie, and keepersthrough which the ends of said stirrups pass, said chairs havingrecesses therein for the base flanges of the rails, and bolts havingwashers under the heads thereof for engaging the base flanges of therail.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence or" two witnesses.

XVILLIAM C. MCXVETHY.

lVitnesses RALrrr L. J. DEAN, E. J. YENERICH.

